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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Martha's Bloomers

Hello, Dear Ones! Now don't get offended by the title of my post today! I'm not getting nasty or anything on you! :) Martha's Bloomers is a wonderful garden center, gift shop and tea room located in Navasota, Texas. This tiny trip was my first a couple weeks ago after feeling so much better from my little health affliction.

See the world's largest tea pot? Yep, that big ole thing could hold around 270,000 cups of tea!
Then you can see Mr. Precious waiting for me. I was off taking photos! :)

Here you can see some of Martha's bloomers...the flowers! So lovely and especially for a time in late November. Now don't go and think I've lost my tiny mind, I know it's December, but we came here in November. I'm just sayin'... :)

I'll just let you take a few peeks...

Rooster Stuff!! I was trying to figure out which one would come home with me and then I realized...I don't have room for any more yard birds! My barn yard is full! :)

This leaded glass display was just gorgeous!

Now I just thought this was the cutest little thing! A dishtowel angel with potholder wings! Then guess what? I saw another one on someone's blog, I'm sorry I can't remember where. Isn't this just the sweetest?

The real meaning of Christmas. The reason for the season...the birth of our Lord and Savoir.
If you look reeeeally closely you can see my tiny head in the bottom right photo.

What's that? Did you see that? What was it? Something ran past my tiny eyes in a flash!

Oh, shoot! Just a big ole fat cat! I called, here kitty kitty, like you're supposed to do and the little stinker just gave me his backside! I guess he was telling me something, you think?

Here I am in all of my tinyness! I say that with tongue in cheek! :) I'm looking a little peaked - that's 'peak- kid' for all you non southern ones. My mother always has said that when you don't look your best. So even in my peakedness state, I was glad to get out for a tiny trip!

See these big ole Texas stars? Well, just about everyone around here has one somewhere on their property now a days. So...

Mr. Precious bought us the biggest one and we hung it outside on the side of the garage and wound tiny lights around it, plugged the lights into a timer and...

I couldn't wait. It's not quite dark yet, but it's dusk. Does that count?

Here she is in all of her Texas Star gloryness! I just love this stuff.

64 comments:

Hi Shelia! What a fun place to visit! I love all the Christmas decor! I am glad you are better...but you do not look peaked to me! The kitty was just turning his back so that you could see his lovely markings...or that's what my staff said! Have a wonderful week!...hugs...Debbie

oh my all the pretties.. I have gotta make me some dishtowel angels.. I'll be at walmart at 6 am and its all your fault lol.. those are the cutest:) I wonder if I could make some napkins shaped that way for my table. If I do, you'll get the credit. thank you so much for sharing all this with us. see ya soon.Sonny

Hey ya'll; How sweet you look Shelia; ya know it took be a bit but I did spy your tiny little face in the manger... haha.. you look like you were part of it.. I just love love love that garden shop.. I want it all... lol Love the large tea pot too.. and your Texas star, lite up very pretty... Now Missy you all have a great week... can you tell I am working on my Southern accent.... lol

Hi Shelia, I'm so sorry to hear you have not been feeling well, hope that will soon be over. I could spend a week in that store, there were so many beautiful things there. I have a new address, come visit me when you feel like it.

OH, I ABOUT CAME UNGLUED AT THOSE BIRD HOUSES...TOO CUTE! What a fun place to visit, hope they had a good place to eat too. AND YOU MY DEAR ARE A DOLL..I WOULD JUST LOVE TO GIVE YOU A BIG OLD HUG! Come say hi :D

Oh Shelia, What a great place to visit and your mosaics are fabulous! Love that leaded glass. That is my kind of place; I could spend hours in there taking in all the beauty. So glad you are feeling better. I love your Texas star shining brightly on the garage. You take good care and continue to feel better.

Hi Sheila, what a great place, with a great name. All the beautiful things inside.. did you resist or did you buy? lol Girl even in your peakedness you look wonderful. I sure hope you're feeling a 100% soon.. hugs ~lynne~

Hello my sweet friend... Sorry you've been peaked too. Thanks for coming by and visiting me... Loved all your lovely garden & holiday photos... That looked like such a fun place to go. I loved the TEXAS star and know just how proud you were to hang it in all its glory. Love you and stay well!

Not sure I have a cup to hold all of that tea from that BIG teapot. Cute photos. Love the cat and the star looks so cute. I think the dishtowel angels are so cute. I think I would have to bring my Mr.with me too to pay for all the things that I would want to buy:)Joyce

Oh wow Sheila this looked like an amazing time. I loved the angel dish towel that is really neat; and a crafty creation. You look adorable in your photo, and that Christmas tree was incredible. What a fun trip.

How is your daughter doing? I am still praying for her, she is still on the prayer list. I pray all is well with her.

What a fun place to visit! I love the new look of your blog. I was doing some catching up and was sorry to hear that you had shingles. I hope you are all better now. I had it in a small area on my stomach 2 years ago. I was surprised how much it hurt. With medication it cleared up. But every now and then I still feel a twinge of pain in that area, even two years later!

I notice you said you thought you saw a dish towel angel on someone's blog. I have one on mine. Maybe you saw it there. It was in a picture on this post.

http://neabear.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-r-done-friday.html

Hope all well with you. Thank you for your recent comment on my REDnesday post.

So glad to hear you're feeling better. I so enjoy your posts. You are truly witty. The dishtowel angels are cute! I'm sorry that your barnyard is full and you couldn't adopt a new rooster. But you sure made out with the Texas Star. Rosie

Ooh, what a neat little place to walk around. There are so many treasures packed into that place, I can only imagine your tiny heart pitter-pattering! And I LOVE the Texas star. Putting the lights on it was brilliant!

And I think you look quite lovely in that picture. Looks like you've lost a bit of weight too. From your affliction?

You have never had a post that is not gorgeous....Your pictures are great...Visit my holiday blog for new tree pictures and my main blog for a MIRACLE story... http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com/http://teresa-grammygirlfriend.blogspot.com/

That was fun, Shelia! Enjoyed the tour. Do you see that little wagon in your pictures? I have one just like it (only in grey) on our front porch in St. A. And do you know what it has in it? Christmas decorations? No. Nada. Sigh. It normally has faux packages for Christmas, but I just didn't do it this year. Hopefully, I will do something because I like for it to look festive, but with workmen unexpectedly keeping me busy, who knows. ;-)

What a fun place. Thanks for all the great photos. I'm glad you're feeling better. You don't look peaked to me. I'm not from Texas, but my mom graduated from high school there and my daddy's from Arkansas, so I know that term. My family is the only one in the neighborhood who eats "supper" instead of dinner, something I grew up with too.Blessings,Marcia

Shelia...I just came here from Donna's blog after I read your comment about her entry and Clinton's Library...the part you asked about the statue of Monica L....just wanted to thank you for making my morning fill with laughter.

Still playing catch-up over here. But I got a kick out of "Martha's Bloomers". What a darling idea for a garden shop!!! Thanks for taking us along. : )I also LOVED viewing what you did with your cloches for Fall and Christmas. I think the Scottie was my favorite. But I also loved the ONE beautiful ornament (x three) sitting under glass. Very elegant.M.L.

Hi Sheila,I've been tied up today with my little dog who had eye surgery this morning and I'm just now visiting my fellow mosaic makers.Loved your post & the Texas star on the garage is wondeerful. Have a great week.Maggie

Hi Sheila! Great place to visit! We have a "Bloomers" nursery/gift shop, a couple of hours away from us. Our garden club visited there last Spring. I love the gifts that the one you visited has to offer! I could see me getting in serious trouble there! LOL!

What a fun place and so much to look at and want. Now I have no idea how in the world you came away without one of those roosters, however I really do love your Texas Star, it's wonderful all lit up. So glad you're feeling better. Hugs, Marty

Dear Sheila, I hope you are getting over your peakiness; the is just so much of it around of late. Thanks though, for sharing this lovely post with us. Looks like you still managed to enjoy yourself :o)

I think that shop looks really NEAT!! What fun it must have been to browse through it!! I LOVE your Texas star and it looks delightful all lit up! I still have a concrete stepping stone in the shape of Texas in one of my Oklahoma flower beds!!

wELL, you cute thing...I enjoyed Martha's Bloomers so much. I just love those kind of shops...Your photo is precious..loved it..and, well, what can I say about your big ole Texas star, all a'blaze with purdy lights, but...WAY TO GO, TEXAS GIRL...WAY TO GO!!XO bj

Lots of pretty stuff there, Shelia! I love that Texas star - even a Georgian can get excited about that. Here's another song for you "The Stars at Night, are Big and Bright, Deep in the Heart of Texas!" Linda

none of the photos will load for me!!!! I want to see!!!!!!blogger is giving me a run for my money this month...I am getting ticked that it took forever to load your blog, forever to load the comments...and no photos???hope you are having a great week friend...

Shelia, this looks like such a charming place to visit. Your mosaics are so pretty, and you look pretty too - not at all peak kid (my mother said that too). Your Texas star is so pretty with the lights around it. laurie